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100

Which continent was Greece located on?

Europe

100

In what city is the large, famous amphitheater where gladiators used to fight?

Rome

100

What major sporting event, begun in Ancient Greece, is still held today?

The Olympics!

100

Who was the first Emperor of Rome?

Augustus

100

Greek potters made beautiful _____________ covered in paintings of myths and heroes.

Vases

200

Rome was located near which Sea?

Mediterranean Sea 

200

The Romans built ______ to connect the growing Roman Empire.

Roads

200

Only this group of people could go to and participate in the ancient Olympics.

Men 

200

Who was the Emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned"?

Nero

200

What were the ancient Greeks specialists in building to help them win wars?

Ships / their Navy

300

What was the land like in ancient Greece?

Hills and mountains, waterways, fairly rocky land.

300

How did ancient Romans used to transport water between places?

Aqueducts

300

What is a gladiator?

A slave who fought with weapons against other slaves or animals in front of a crowd. Could be men or women, but mainly men.

300

Define the word "democracy" 

When people are able to vote for their own rules and laws

300
What is the name for the group of people that were elected to helped rule Rome? 

Senate

400

What is the name of the modern-day country directly to the East of Greece?

Turkiye

400

Name two orders of classical columns.

Doric; Ionic; Corinthian; Tuscan; Composite.

400

Name two sports that the ancient and modern Olympics have in common.

Running; jumping; discus; wrestling; javelin; pentathlon; boxing.

400

Like Greece, Rome only had a few areas of rich soil so they farmed on _______.

Hillsides

400

Name one reason why Pompeiians did not immediately flee the eruption of Mt Vesuvius.

Fertile land so they didn't want to leave; earthquakes had happened before so nothing new; great climate and lifestyle; did not understand the warning signs (e.g. gases).

500

Rome was located next to which river?

Tiber River

500

What is so special about the Pantheon?

Dome: largest self-supporting; concrete, oculus, etc.

500
Emperor Commodus thought of himself as an accomplished gladiator, and modelled himself on the hero ....

Herakles / Hercules

500

Define the word "republic"

A type of government where no one person has complete control. 

500

List three reasons why ancient Rome settled on the Italian Peninsula. 

1. Mild Climate

2. Near Water

3. Protected by Mountains  

600

What is the name of the hill upon which the Parthenon sits?

The Acropolis

600

Name the sculpture that shows a priest and his children being attacked by a serpent.

The Laocoon
600

What is the Greek name for a place where athletes train?

Gymnasium

It's derived from gumnazo, meaning exercise, and gumnos, meaning naked or loin-clothed.

600

Which Greek King was murdered by an ex-lover at his daughter's wedding?

Philip II of Macedonia

600

What title did Julius Caesar hold?

Dictator for Life

700

How did ancient Greece divide themselves?
Double jeopardy if you know the Ancient Greek word for it!

City States

Polis / Poleis

700

Where was the Venus de Milo made?

Melos

700

True or False:

Horse racing was held in the Circus

True

700

What was the name of the Persian King that Alexander the Great defeated?

Darius III

700

In which part of Greece would you find remnants of Minoan civilisation?

Crete

800

What was the significance of the "Seven Hills"?

The hills that Rome was originally built on.

800
The Emperor Augustus had many sculptures of himself made during his lifetime. What was the main purpose of these?

Propaganda / to spread his image and ideals throughout the Empire.

800

What is the Latin name for a group of four horses pulling a chariot?

Quadriga

800

How many Greek-speaking nations are there in the world today? (where Greek is an official language)

Two: Greece and Cyprus

800

What did Romans use as 'toilet paper'?

A sponge or cloth on a stick. These were communal and would be sat in a gutter of water between uses.

900

True or False:

Modern-day Syria and the Republic of Ireland were both part of the Roman Empire at some stage.

False: Only Syria was!

900

Where would I find this incredible mosaic?

Pompeii (The House of Neptune and Amphitrite)

900

Name one event that occurred in the Colosseum that was not the standard, hand-to-hand or sword fighting between gladiators. (Hint: It's nothing to do with wild animals!)

Double Jeopardy if you know the Latin name!

Naval Battles / Naumachiae

900

Which Roman Emperor "also consecrated himself to his own service and appointed his horse a fellow-priest; and dainty and expensive birds were sacrificed to him daily.” according to Cassius Dio?

Caligula

900

Which of Alexander the Great's generals took over Egypt after his death?

Ptolemy

1000

Which of Ancient Greece's city-states lies on an isthmus?

Corinth

1000

What famous sculpture did Polykleitos create?

The Aphrodite of Knidos / the Knidia

1000

What was used as a lap counter for races held in the Circus Maximus arena in Rome?

Dolphin statues

1000

After the Roman men visited the baths or worked out, they would dry themselves and have a slave cover them in scented oil. The slave would then use a _______ to scrape the oil and sweat off the man's body. 

Strigil

1000

According to Suetonius, this Emperor "at last invented an extraordinary kind of diversion; which was, to be let out of a den in the arena, covered with the skin of a wild beast, and then assail with violence the private parts both of men and women."

Nero